(a) One year after the juvenile's eighteenth birthday, or one
year after personal or juvenile jurisdiction has terminated,
whichever is later, the records of a juvenile proceeding conducted
under this chapter, including, but not limited to, law-enforcement
files and records, may be kept in a separate secure confidential
place and the records may not be inspected except by order of the
circuit court.

(b) The records of a juvenile proceeding in which a juvenile
was transferred to criminal jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions
of section ten of this article shall be kept in a separate secure
confidential place and the records may not be inspected except by
order of the circuit court if the juvenile is subsequently
acquitted or found guilty only of an offense other than an offense
upon which the waiver or order of transfer was based, or if the
offense upon which the waiver or order of transfer was based is
subsequently dismissed.

(c) To keep the confidentiality of juvenile records, they
shall be returned to the circuit court in which the case was
pending and be kept in a separate confidential file. The records
shall be physically marked to show that they are to remain
confidential and shall be securely kept and filed in a manner so
that no one can have access to determine the identity of the
juvenile, except upon order of the circuit court.

(d) Marking the juvenile records to show they are to remain confidential has the legal effect of extinguishing the offense as
if it never occurred.

(e) The records of a juvenile convicted under the criminal
jurisdiction of the circuit court pursuant to subdivision (1),
subsection (d), section ten of this article may not be marked and
kept as confidential.

(f) Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
more than $1,000, or confined in jail for not more than six months,
or both so fined and confined, and is liable for damages in the
amount of $300 or actual damages, whichever is greater.